Oxyanthus

Oxyanthus
Oxyanthus speciosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Tribe:	Sherbournieae
Genus:	Oxyanthus DC., 1807

Oxyanthus is a genus of plant in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

1. Oxyanthus barensis K. Krause [1]
2. Oxyanthus biflorus J.E. Burrows & S.M. Burrows, 2010 [2][1] (Endangered) [3]
3. Oxyanthus bremekampii Cavaco [1]
4. Oxyanthus brevicaulis K. Krause [1]
5. Oxyanthus dubius De Wild. [1]
6. Oxyanthus formosus Hook. f. ex Planch. [1]
7. Oxyanthus goetzei K. Schum. [1]
8. Oxyanthus gracilis Hiern [1]
9. Oxyanthus haerdii Bridson [1]
10. Oxyanthus latifolius Sond. [1]
11. Oxyanthus laxiflorus K. Schum. ex Hutch. & Dalziel [1]
12. Oxyanthus ledermannii K. Krause [1]
13. Oxyanthus lepidus S. Moore [1]
14. Oxyanthus letouzeyanus Sonké [1]
15. Oxyanthus mayumbensis R.D. Good [1]
16. Oxyanthus montanus Sonké [1]
17. Oxyanthus nangensis K. Krause [1]
18. Oxyanthus okuensis Cheek & Sonké, 2000 [1] (Critically Endangered) [3]
19. Oxyanthus oliganthus K. Schum. [1]
20. Oxyanthus pallidus Hiern [1]
21. Oxyanthus pulcher K. Schum. [1]
22. Oxyanthus pyriformis (Hochst.) Skeels [1]
23. Oxyanthus querimbensis Klotzsch [1]
24. Oxyanthus racemosus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Keay [1]
25. Oxyanthus robbrechtianus Sonké, 1994 [1]
26. Oxyanthus schumannianus De Wild. & T. Durand [1]
27. Oxyanthus setosus Keay [1]
28. Oxyanthus smithii Hiern [1]
29. Oxyanthus speciosus DC. [1]
30. Oxyanthus subpunctatus (Hiern) Keay [1]
31. Oxyanthus troupinii Bridson [1]
32. Oxyanthus tubiflorus (Andr.) DC. [1]
33. Oxyanthus ugandensis Bridson [1]
34. Oxyanthus unilocularis Hiern [1]
35. Oxyanthus zanguebaricus (Hiern) Bridson [1]

The genus Oxyanthus was first described in 1807 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, a Swiss botanist.

References

1. [1] Catalogue of Life: 22nd March 2017
2. Flora of Mozambique
3. [2] Global species Oxyanthus